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Filmed from February 2015 until the end of 2017, Reichert and Bognar were granted filming access by [[Fuyao]] at both their [[Ohio]] and Chinese plant locations. They were inspired to make this film as the events they aimed to depict were taking place in the same [[Moraine Assembly]] plant once occupied by General Motors, which was the central topic of their 2009 Oscar-nominated documentary short ''[[The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant]].''<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/8/21/20812012/american-factory-interview-netflix-reichert-bognar|title=Work is going global. American Factory’s directors explain how they captured its challenges.|last=Wilkinson|first=Alissa|date=August 21, 2019|website=Vox|language=en|access-date=December 15, 2019}}</ref>

The [[Mandarin Chinese]] language portions of the film were facilitated by the inclusion of two Chinese filmmakers, Yiqian Zhang and Mijie Li, one or both of whom would travel to Ohio monthly. The directors credit these two as essential in providing a connection to the Chinese subjects depicted in the film.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/8/21/20812012/american-factory-interview-netflix-reichert-bognar|title=Work is going global. American Factory’s directors explain how they captured its challenges.|last=Wilkinson|first=Alissa|date=August 21, 2019|website=Vox|language=en|access-date=December 17, 2019}}</ref>